Thursday, March 10, 2016

Obama Administration’s Opposition to FOIA Reform Seen as Another Knock on Its Claim to Be the ‘Most Transparent’ in History | TheBlaze.com

Obama Administration’s Opposition to FOIA Reform Seen as Another Knock on Its Claim to Be the ‘Most Transparent’ in History | TheBlaze.com:

"The Obama administration actively opposed bipartisan legislation to reform the Freedom of Information Act, which have forced the federal government to be more transparent and streamline the release of documents to the public.

That’s according to documents obtained by the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a transparency nonprofit advocacy group, that obtained 114 pages of documents between the Justice Department and members of Congress regarding the FOIA reform bill largely sought to codify President Barack Obama’s “presumption of openness” into law."

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